{"id":53272,"date":"2023-12-17T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=53272"},"modified":"2024-03-13T08:59:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:59:51","slug":"how-to-wrap-a-gift-an-illustrated-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/how-to\/how-to-wrap-a-gift-an-illustrated-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Skill of the Week: Wrap a Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180042\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SOTW-Wrap-a-Gift-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SOTW-Wrap-a-Gift-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SOTW-Wrap-a-Gift-1-320x553.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SOTW-Wrap-a-Gift-1-640x1107.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world \u2014 having the breadth of skills, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manly-lessons\/develop-savoir-faire-james-bond\/\">savoir-faire<\/a>, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we\u2019ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your manly know-how week by week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While wrapping gifts often seems to come naturally to the fairer sex, gentlemen have seemingly been struggling with the task for ages, or at least since modern wrapping paper was invented in 1917. When wrapping is poorly handled, the paper gets scrunched, there&#8217;s tape everywhere, and the end result is hardly aesthetically pleasing. 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